Heddle-frame.



B. BENTELE.

HEDDLE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 30. |913.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

BENEDIKT BENTELE, 0Fl PATERSON, NEW JRSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 ISAAC A. HALL, OF PATERSON, `NEW JERSEY.

HEDDLE-FBAME.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatented Aug. 17, 1915.

Application led July 30, 1913. f Serial No. 781,985.V

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Be it known that I, BENEDIKT BENTELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heddle-Frames, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to heddle frames and the like for looms and it has for its rincipal object to provide a simple, easily applied and efficient means' for strengthening and stiifening such frames, especially when they are long and hence limber.'

Another object `is so to construct Said means that it shall be related to the'heddle supporting bars of such framesfin a way calculated to brace or support them against bending or distortion, due to the weight of the heddles orother iniiuences, and Vat the` same time be detachably connectedV therewith to allow the heddles to be moved past said means when adjustment thereof is necessary.

A further 'obj ily shifted from place to place in the frame, as al change in the number of heddlestherein or other circumstances may make necessary, without unduly marring or weakening the frame'or any of its parts.

ther objects will appear in the cour'se of the following description of a heddle vention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

wherein I have illustrated two forms ofv my invention, Figure lis a front elevation of v heddle frame illustratingone form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the heddle frame shown in Fig. 1 and on a larger scale; Fig. 8 isa ,fragmentary front elevation of the heddle frame shown in Fig.v l and on a vlarger scale;- Fig. 42 a plan of a certain clip laid out flat, the same constituting a part of the construction shown in Figs. l to'S; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of y a heddle frame illustrating Vanother formV of my invention; Figkf 6 is a fragmentary front'elevation of the heddle frame shown in Fig. 5 and on a larger scalegjand, Fig. 7 is a vertical sectionalview ofthe heddle frame shown in Fig. 5 anden a larger'scale.

'A heddle frame of well-known type is shown in the drawings; thatis, it includes the end rods or uprights c and the horiect of the invention is to` construct said means so that 1t may be read- Zontalrods jointed together in rectangular disposition. In the uprights a are removably arranged the ends of the heddle-bars "c,

they being removable by disconnecting the securing devices (Z and drawing them longitudinally out of the frame. It will be understood that the heddles are strung on these bars. rAs is well known, it is desirable to stiiien or strengthen a frame of this character, especially if the same is long and hence limber. lIt is further frequently desirablefto provide means to stay or brace the heddle bars c, which tendto bend or become distorted under the weight of the heddles or other influences and when so benty and l.distorted interfere with the necessary perfectly free movement of the heddles supported thereon. In the most complete form of the present inventionY the same is adapted for the common vfunction of stiffening ory strengthening the frame and of bracing or `staying the heddle bars, and atA thesame time themeans proposed allows, by simple manipulation, the heddles to be shifted laterally asl occasion requires, whilevthe said means itself is capable of being moved to variouspositions in the frame without unduly marring. -or weakening thel same, as when circumstances require thatthe number of such means be varied.

Referring, now, to Figs. l to l, the Vimproved stiffening means is shown as consisting of two clips e fitted to the rods ZJ and connected by the taut link Each clip e ing at its ends reverse hooks h. This strap is bent about the rod b in a manner to bring the hooked ends thereof at the inner side of the rod-thus leaving the outer side thereofA clear of obstructionssaid hooked ends being bent into substantially face to face consists of a metallic strap g (Fig. 4l) havrelation to each other. lThe link f is a metallic strap or Hat bar z' (Figs. Zand 3) having ateach end thereof'an eye j and near each end a recess formed as a slot k extending into the bariz' from one edge-thereof obliquely and then longitudinally Aof' said bar.

erted by the rods b Z) which, in coupling the hooked straps gto the link z', are necessarily gage the hooks h in the eyes j, which eyes the hooks are made to enter in-themanner clearly shown in Figs. '2 and 3, standing therein reverse to each other. The metal ,drawntogether somewhat in orderto enof the straps e being somewhat stiff', when the same are made to-embrace'fthe rods b they exert a suliicient grip thereon to preserve them against possibility of lateral dis-V placement. The heddle bars may be engaged in the slots k of the links f either before the latter are made to couple together the straps e or afterward, in which latter case each heddle bar is first sprung toward the adjoining rod b and then forced into the slot, r-the obliquev arrangement of the entrance end of the slot obviously facilitating this operation. ln its inal position it is rigidly held by the link f against bending or becoming distorted under the weight of the heddles or other influences. It will be understood that any number of the means e, 7 may be employed in a single frame as circumstances require; that the said means is readily removable from the frame and that any one of them may be shifted laterally to `different positions on the frame without unduly marring the frame or in any way weakening it. lt will be` further obvious that ii' it is necessary to shift the heddles laterallyk past the said means it is only necessary to spring the heddle bars toward the;

rods Y) until theyclear the slots 7e, whereupon they may be made to pass thelink A clip Z of `the same reverselyhooked form as the clip e may be employed Yas a means to which to attach the usual flexible connections for imparting vertical movement to the heddle frame when in the loom, as shown in Figs. l and 5.

In thel construction shown in Figs'. 5, 6 and 7 the stiiiening f and strengthening means consists of a bar m having its eXtremities a bent 0H at right angles and adapted to be secured to the inner sides or" the rods b ofthe frame by short screws o, the said bar having slots 79 like the slots 7c already described and adapted to removably receive f the heddle bars.

'In either of the forms shown, each heddle bar being Hat itis kept from undue torsional movement by the vertical part of the slot L" or 2;, besides being preventedfrom unintentional displacement out of said slot on account ofthe oblique or entrance` part of the latter which requiresy some frictional resistance to bepovercome'before the bar can pass out of the slot. l

@ne advantage present inthe form of frame first described and not present in the second is that shifting oi the heddles past theposition of the stiening or strengthening means is possible although the frame may beso-short that the heddle bars 0 cannot well besprungout of the slots in said 1neans,'the`links f in that case being detached fromthe clips e.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A heddle vframe including upper and lowerV parallel members, upper and lower parallel bars, and frame-stililening means joining said members and including straps, one embracing one member and the other the other member, and a link having its ends detachably connected with said straps and having recesses receiving the heddle bars, substantially as described.

2. A heddle frame including upper and lower parallel members and upper and lower parallel Het heddle bars, in combination with a frame-stiflening device joining said members and having elongated bent slots receiving said bars and entering said device obliquely and then extending longitudinally ther-eet,y the width of each slot approximating the thickness `of the bar received therein and -bearing rictionally against opposite faces of the bar on moving the latter into or Vout of said slot.

3. A. frame ofsubstantially the character described having upper and lower parallel members, rame-stilening means joining said members and including a link member and a strap member embracing one of the frame members, said strap and link members having the one reversed hooks and the other an eye receiving said hooks, substantially as described.

c A frame of suliistantiallyl the character described having upper and lower parallel members, trame-stil'enirrgf means joining said members and including a strap member embracing one'of the frame members and a link member,r said strap and link members having the one reversed hooks and the other an eye receiving said hooks, said means having bracing engagement with the heddle bars, substantially as described.

5.*A frame of substantially the character described having upper and lower parallel members, upper and lower heddle bars, fi'alne-stiilening means joining said members and including a strap member embracing one of the frame members and a' link Islotsreceiving the heddle bars and extending substantially longitudinally therein,

1 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

BENEDIKT VBEN'FELE.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, o WVM. D. BELL.

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